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SUPPLEMENT Jacksonville Post OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF JACK SONVILLE, OREGON PROHIBITION PARSON PAYS A FINE KEEP YOUR MONEY HERE. You Should Patronize Home Mer chants and Help the Town. Enterprise, Or; May 22.-Because he it necssary. Think it over, and see if your trade would not be some help toward bringing about these new conditions. Remember. Jacksonville merchants and bankers put lots of money into our advertising and “boosting” fund, and paved streets, so its up to you do your part of the "boosting” by spending your money in Jacksonville. -------- •— began his prohibition campaign with his fists and a pair of brass knuckles, Rev. Why do you patronize mail order Published every Saturday by the Post Pub Moore, pastor of the Presbyterian houses and send your money out of lishing Co. church at Wallowa, wasforced to contri town? J. B. Barnes, Editor bute $10 to the public treasury today. You say “to save money” but do Admitted as second-class matter at 'Jacksonville, M. Withered of Wallowa, the recipient you? Oregon. of the love taps from the ardent anti Every dollar put out of circulation saloon worker, appeared as complaining here at home make it just so much har SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1908. witness. der to find another to take its place. SUBSCRIPTION Two months ago Rev. Moore entered Is that “saving money?” One year, by mail..............................................$1.50. a dispute with Witherell over the liquor Your home merchant extends you question. Their ideas on the subject credit when you need it and you know j were different and the advocate of pro how often that occurs and for how long EVIL OF PROHIBITION. hibition proceeded to decorate his op you “hang him up” —but when you do ponent’s face with sundry cuts and your cash buying you send your money The evil of prohibition is emplified in ' bruises. to some distant city, because some Linn county, (dry) where boys, mere Witherail started an investigation in things, on which the regular price is children, can be seen on the streets in a state of intoxication. In is very to the cause of the minister’s easy vit- widely advertized, are sold for a few easy for boys to get liquor in dry pre ory and learned that a pair of brass cents lower than the price at home. To be held in cincts. They send by mail to some knuckles had been used. He reported And the mail order house “makesup” wholesaler for a case of liquor to be shipped by freight to their address. the affair to the grand jury and had on something you do not know about—or The wholesaler not knowing the con Moore indicted. on the quality of the goods. signee ships the goods, but if the The case was called before Judge When you buy of a home merchant county is wet the wholesaler will ship Crwford in the circuit court. Moore and you find your purchase is not sat the goods to his agent, who is the Will be the most brilliant saloon man, and there it stops, the boy entered a plea of guilty and was fined isfactory, you can go to him and he $10. can’t get it. will (most generally[ make it sat Aside from putting 200,000 idle men isfactory. Can you do that when you on the streets, the farming interests GRAZING TRESPASS make your purchase in Chicago? will suffer. F rmers engaged in hops, You may argue, if a farmer, that you barley and corn raising will be obliged BY DRIFTING STOCK ever held in the Pacific to raise wheat; oats and fruits, thus an do not sell your products in this town. Northwest oversupply and the prices will go to a Perhaps you don’t and perhaps you do, starvation point, This is the cause of Portland, “The Rose City,” will be a On February 3, 1908, at San Francis but couldn't you do so always if the so much distress in dry states. scene of splendor and the center co, the United States circuit court of town was larger and more prosperous? of world-wide interest appeals for the ninth judicial circuit for one week. Do you think this town will grow if Salmon Agan Scarce rendered a decision of far reaching you persist in sending to out-of-town Several important conventions to L. held in Portland on that occasion importance to the National Forests and firms for your goods, for which you have to wait for their delivery, and also Ten days of salmon fishing in the to the stockmen of the West. In December, 1904, one Thomas pay express or postage charges? Columbia River show the salmon sup If the millions of people sending their ply still on the wane. This is the sea Shannon allowed his cattle to drift up son of the finest salmon of the river— on the Little Belt National Forest in orders to big mail-order houses would the best of the world. Soon these fish Montana. To put a stop to this, suit spend the same amount of money in will be an extinct breed. They are the was brought by the United States and their own town, these towns would be j fish that make the Columbia River on March 18, 1907, Judge Hunt, in the growing just as the larger towns are Will Sell Special Tickets On This Occasion From famous. The few remaining specimens United States circuit court for that growing. There would be a larger de- should be protected with closed sea State, rendered a decision in favor of I mand for merchandise, a demand for a Medford to Portland and son. The open season should be put the Government, and issued an injunc larger force of clerks to handle the in- : Return for off from April 15 to May 15. After tion perpetually restraining Shannon creased trade and a demaud for houses that there should be the closed Sunday from allowing his cattle to drift upon for the new clerks to live in. There and rigid regulation of all kinds of the Forest. Montana has a fence law would be a larger demand for farm pro-| gear—gillnets, traps, seines and by which landowners must fence their ducts for them to live upon, a larger For particulars call on lands before they can obtain redress demand for the “produce” that the wheels. A. S. ROSENBAUM from stockmen whose cattle, feeding average farmer raises and is willing to Master Fish Warden Van Dusen WM. McMURRAY, Local Agent. upon the open public domain, range raise more of, if the demand makes quits his office May 1. leaving the in General Passenger Agent Portland, Oregon. dustry in a bad plight. It is too much upon and injure the private lands. Shannon’s counce) argued that this to say that he is wholly to blame for this condition of affairs. But the fish State law should apply as against the faction with which he has been allied United States, but Judge Hunt held is as much to blame as any other, and that the power of Congress over the none is more grasping and none has public lands, including the National defeated as much remedial legisla Forests, is complete; that Congress has All kinds New and Second Hand tion. From the Oregonian, April 27th, awfully delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to make Goods bought and sold. Want 1908. The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries has regulations to protect the Forests; that to buy Junk. Old copper and for a long time been endeavoring to the secretary had properly made a Rubber bought. secure just such remedial legislation as regulation that cattle must not range is being objected to by the lower river upon the Forests without permit, and interests. A short time ago Secretary that consequently Shannon was a tres Strauss, of the U. S. Department of passer when he allowed his cattle to Commerce and Labor, set forth a list drift upon the Little Belt Forest, al of things necessary to save the indus though it was unfenced. Harness Goods for Sale. Sole Leather for Sale. Shannon appealed from this decision try. Inititative bill No. 318 X Y es and as Montana is in the ninth Feder was framed to carry out their ideas. Ryan Building Opposite U. S. Hotel We commend it to your favorable con al judicial circuit, his appeal was heard by the United States circuit court of sideration. — — -L‘ ,-,y------l/ t-- appeals for that circuit, sitting at San ---------- e«®.-------- — Francisco. The court has now affirm The City Lunch Counter is now pre ed Judge Hunt’s decision, and this pared to serve fresh clams in any style- judgment is binding upon all Federal For general blacksmithing, go where courts in the circuit. Similar questions you can get the best of work and ma have arisen in Colorado and other terial. There are many grades of iron parts of the West, and this decision ¡3 I am now prepared with a new Fairbanks Morse therefore of the highest importance to and steele, but Eddy uses the best. Gasoline six-horse power Wood Sawing Outfit to saw every stockman who uses the National $25,000 for a short time only. If you Forests. wood in any quantity. Prices are as follows: can handle this you can make a bunch Four Foot Wood, Once in Two. .40 Cents of money easily, 1408 acres, 5 houses, Low rates to Newport and Yaquina Four Foot Wood, Twice in Two .50 Cents 200 acres in cultivation, 2Vj miles from for the coming season. Excursion Pole Wood........ .. . . By the hour town. D avis & S exton . tickets to Newport and Yaquina and I will have plenty of wood for sale shortly at my The University of Oregon is a part of return June 1st to Oct 15th the S. P. card on North Oregon street, on theT. J. Williamson place the public school system of the state Co. will sell round trip excursion tickets and should be properly supported. Vote to the above named points good for six "yes" on the appropriation billon elec months at $10.00 Full information at tion day. the depot. Portland Rose Festival Portland, Oregon JUNE 1 to 6, 1908 Floral Fiesta and Civic Jubilee The Southern Pacific Co. $13.20 T. L. De Vore, Jacksonville, Ore. Shoe and Harness Repairing Announcement C. A. Norton, Prop. I